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Dear friends, We hope that you and your family are keeping safe and healthy as we are all settling into our new normal. At this time, many organizations are offering free, helpful webinars. Here are some recordings you can access now: Mental Health and Resilience During Covid-19 | Crisis Trauma and Resource Institute Thriving Through Chaos: How to Manage Your Mental and Emotional Well-Being and Help Your Clients Do the Same | CERIC Managing An Unexpected Workforce (scroll down the page to “recorded webinars and interviews”) | The Conference Board of…
Working from home has always been my dream. I imagined how wonderful it would be to have more time to carve out a work-life balance. No commuting would mean extra time to cook more nutritious meals, exercise every day, and be more productive as I focused on my work without interruption. For many people, including myself, remote work is a new, unexpected reality as we practice social distancing. Not surprisingly, working from home is falling short of my expectations due to the current circumstances. The dream did not include: constantly…
I have been working from home for years and it has been through that time that I set up parameters for myself. I am not a “set in stone” schedule person but I do have guidelines that help keep me focused. For those of you who are just entering the work from home territory and are struggling, it is OK. I’d hazard a guess that your colleagues are also struggling. I will share some of my early learnings, as well as tips shared by others, that may help you settle…
Dear friends, Our hearts go out to all who have been affected by the outbreak. We are deeply grateful to government officials, healthcare workers, social workers, emergency service workers, and other front-line responders. Thank you to all the food service providers, vendors, suppliers, postal workers, couriers, and so many other selfless people for stepping up to help their communities during this challenging time. Our thoughts also go out to our members and colleagues. We know it’s never been more important to help Canadians through this difficult time – especially those…
FREE CERIC WEBINAR SERIES starts next Tuesday, March 31, 2019 – Thriving Through Chaos: How to Manage Your Mental and Emotional Well-Being and Help Your Clients Do the Same – to explore the tools that may help career professionals navigate through this uncertain period. Career Professionals of Canada (CPC) is a CERIC supporting organization. Dear Colleagues – While our work at CERIC continues, we believe the most important thing we can do right now is to be engaged with the needs of the broader career development sector in a way that supports…
Janet Barclay is Career Professionals of Canada’s Technology Manager and a website designer. In this post, she offers small business owners helpful tips for coping with a variety of challenges presented by the current coronavirus crisis. 1) Work Remotely Working face-to-face with clients will not be feasible for the next few weeks. If you offer virtual services, that’s great — you already have a foundation in place. Let the clients you normally meet in person know that they have this option until social distancing is no longer required. If you…